Hungary 56

Hungarian revolution 1956 - Scorcher publications

catch — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:59:52 +0000

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Hungary '56 - Nick Heath

catch — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:33:07 +0000

IT IS NOT out of love for nostalgia that we are commemorating the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Hungary '56 was a prime example of the working class itself reaching for power: doubly significant, it took place in one of the mythical 'workers' states'.

Hungary 56

catch — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:55:19 +0000

The Hungarian Revolution: 1956

catch — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:14:55 +0000

Details are included from Columbia University Research Project interviews with participants which are a nice complement to the information in our other Hungary '56 articles.

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For a short history, we recommend our article The Hungarian Uprising, 1956 on libcom.org/history.

The state and counter-revolution - Negation

daniel — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:48:15 +0000

They confront the fact that state-capitalism, the state-management of production and society, the rule over society by the class of the state, the bureaucracy, is still almost universally confused with "communism" as Marx defined it, due in part to the conspiracy of silence and distortion which unites the capitalists of both "East" and "West".

Protests hit Hungary 1956 events

rkn — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:54:02 +0000

There is strong opposition to the prime minister Ferenc Gyurzsany after he admitted lying to get into parliament.

Protesters have been present outside parliament for weeks, but were forced back by police in the early hours of Monday to make way for the official ceremonies. Later in the day it was reported that police had used tear gas and bullets against stone-throwing protestors.

1956: The Hungarian Revolution

Ed — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:14:15 +0000

In cities the workers armed themselves and fraternised with the troops, but were eventually crushed by Soviet tanks.

It is not out of love for nostalgia that we are commemorating the 1956 Hungarian uprising: Hungary '56 was a prime example of the working class itself reaching for power. Doubly significant, it took place in one of the mythical 'workers' states'.

Hungary '56 - Andy Anderson

libcom — Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:05:56 +0000

The demands for economic and political self-management were common to many revolutions of the past, but were unique in that they occurred in the context of the 'Communist' USSR, and after Stalin's regime had ended.

Re-published by AK Press 2002
ISBN: 0 934868 01 8

"We shall drag the blood-soaked Hungarian mud on to the carpets of your drawing rooms.